The Who announce 'Quadrophenia' UK and Ireland tour

The Who have announced a Quadrophenia tour around the UK and Ireland this
summer, where they will perform the 1973 album in full.

Roger Daltrey and Peter Townshend of The Who at the 12-12-12 benefit concertPhoto: Reuters

By Alice Vincent, Entertainment Writer, online

9:44AM GMT 29 Jan 2013

The Who will tour the UK and Ireland this summer with a performance of 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia in full alongside other classic tracks.

The 10-date tour will open in Dublin on June 8 and finish in Liverpool on June 30. It will follow on from the current Who US tour, 'Quadrophenia And More'. This show is directed by Roger Daltrey and includes a full performance of Quadrophenia to a backdrop of "powerful imagery projected on an array of massive screens", according to the band's press release.

Quadrophenia is the second rock opera release from The Who, after Tommy in 1969. The double album tells a story from the perspective of an English teenager, called Jimmy, about the social, musical and psychological changes in Mod culture in Britain in 1965.

Peter Townshend and Daltrey will form a band with Zak Starkey (drums), Pino Palladino (bass), Simon Townshend (guitar/backing vocals), John Corey (keyboards), Loren Gold (keyboards/backing vocals) and Frank Simes (musical director, keyboards/backing vocals) for the Quadrophenia And More tour.